Details of the US-Russian discussion about Ukraine will not be published, said Kremlin
London – Details of the conversation between the US and Russia which took place in Saudi Arabia on Monday will not be published, said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.
“Besides, this is about technical talks,” Peskov said, as quoted by the TASS news agency managed by the Russian government. Discussion, he added, entered the finished detail, of course, the contents of this conversation would not be announced to the public. This is something that should be unexpected. “
“At present, the report is made [by the delegations] The capital is being analyzed, and then it is possible to talk about any understanding, “Peskov added.
“There is an understanding that contact will continue, but there is no specific,” said Peskov. “That will be agreed upon.”
The closed conversation on Monday in Riyadh lasted for 12 hours, a source told Tass. A source told the State Media Agency Ria Novosti that a joint statement about negotiations would be issued on Tuesday.
A tram passed the road through a military mural titled “Ghost of Kyiv” in the Kyiv Podil environment, Ukraine, on March 24, 2025.
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Grigory Karasin, Chairperson of the International Affairs Federation Council Committee, who took part in the discussion in Riyadh, told Tass that “dialogue is detailed and complicated but quite useful for us and for America.” Karasin added, “We discussed many problems.”
The discussion is expected to include discussions about the potential of a ceasefire in the Black Sea, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Monday. The proposal, said Peskov, came from President Donald Trump and was approved by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Pauses proposed in long distance attacks on energy and other critical infrastructure targets are also expected to be part of the discussion. Although President Putin and Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy both approved the proposal in principle last week, cross-border attacks continued.
US and Ukraine representatives held talks after the American meeting with the Russian team ended, a source who was familiar with the discussion told ABC News.
On Monday, responding to the round of Russian missiles and other drone attacks on Ukraine cities, Zelenskyy wrote on social media that “The war was brought from Russia and for Russia that war must be pushed back. They must be peaceful. They are people who must be suppressed to ensure security.”
On Monday night to Tuesday morning, the Ukraine Air Force said Russia launched a missile and 139 drones to the country, where 78 drones were shot down and 34 lost on flights without causing damage.
The Russian Ministry of Defense said his troops shot down five Ukraine drones over the occupied Crimea.
ABC News’ Anna Sergeeva, Oleksiy Pshemyskiy, Will Gretsky, Ellie Kaufman and Guy Davies contributed to this report.
